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The Mothman Prophecies
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The Mothman Prophecies

2002 · PG-13 · 1h 59m

What do you see?

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

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Release

US theatrical
January 25, 2002

Curator Score

Based on 1 curator rating · How we score

Anchored by atmosphere, light on gore.

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6.8Overall
Fear3.0
Gore1.0
Atmosphere7.1
Intensity3.0

Genres

dramamysteryhorror

Tags

Subgenre

supernaturalcosmic-horror

Tone

psychologicalslow-burngriefcharacter-drivendread

Production

based-on-true-events

Details

Budget$32M
Box office$55.3M

Directed by

Mark Pellington

Written by

Richard Hatem

Cinematography

Fred Murphy

Music

tomandandy, Andy Milburn, Tom Hajdu

Starring

Richard Gere as John Klein · Laura Linney as Connie Mills · Will Patton as Gordon Smallwood · Debra Messing as Mary Klein · David Eigenberg as Ed Fleischman · Alan Bates as Alexander Leek · Lucinda Jenney as Denise Smallwood · Nesbitt Blaisdell as Chief Josh Jarrett

Production

Lakeshore Entertainment, Screen Gems

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